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[Leila de Lima @manayleila]

I refuse to support a law that effectively institutionalizes political dynasties!

I vote NO to House Bill No. 8389 or the “Anti-Political Dynasty Act.”

HB 8389 is not a true or genuine anti-dynasty law, but rather a dynasty legitimization act.

First: The bill has no succession ban. A governor can be succeeded by a spouse, who can be succeeded by a child, who can be succeeded by a sibling – indefinitely, legally, under this bill. 

Second: The bill permits a governor, a mayor, and a Representative from the same family governing the same province simultaneously, as it only prohibits relatives from holding office within the same level of government, not within the same territory. 

Third: The bill permits multiple congressional districts controlled by one family within the same province. Three adjacent districts, three relatives, all voting for the same party line: legal. Exactly as it operates today. Nothing changes.

Fourth: The bill neither covers party-list representatives as protected positions nor references incumbents. Therefore, a senator's son or daughter can be nominated and serve as a party-list representative – perfectly legal under this bill

Fifth: The bill limits the prohibition to relatives within the second degree of consanguinity or affinity, covering spouses, parents, children, and siblings. However, this second-degree prohibition excludes broader kinship networks, such as grandparents, first cousins, uncles, aunts, nieces, and nephews, through which dynastic power is often exercised. Limiting the prohibition to only the second degree narrows the reach of the law and allows extended family networks, which remain close-knit in Philippine culture, to continue operating within the same political sphere.

Sixth: The bill does not address, hence, permits substitution, caretaker designation, and every indirect route to office. The prohibition under this bill covers only direct candidacy, not the back doors.

The Filipino people have been waiting for this law since 1987. Tatlumpu't siyam na taon. 

We can do better than this. We can pass a law worthy of the wait. A law the framers of the 1987 Constitution would recognize as the fulfillment of their mandate, not a betrayal of it.

I vote NO to HB 8389, not because I oppose anti-dynasty legislation. I vote NO precisely because I support it. I refuse to support a law that effectively institutionalizes political dynasties.

The Filipino people deserve better. The Constitution demands better. We can do better.

[PBB Exclusives @pbbexclusives]

Let this be our mantra. 🇵🇭

[vico blanco @vicotinamide]

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[Bren @debnamslipzz]

Dios

[🥀 @tozakimpact]

not even in my worst ovulations could i come up with this caption

[mau @lavmaurii]

“galing! pang ilan kaya bini?” …… “ay pota nasa unahan?!”

[sky @dourifmedia]

so #THIS happened 🧁

[leen @viennasfool]

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[sky @dourifmedia]

PITT ENDING SPOILERS!!!!

MCVADI NATION ARE WE ALIVE?!?!?!

[sky @dourifmedia]

jaw is on the floor

[ayn @trincentric]

the amount of times i’ve watched this video since it was posted...

[𝔞bby ( emma nolan’s version ) @smiskititia]

hello little lamb and why are you a nurse even !!

[kelsey @colskelsey]

i hope this will count as a scientific explanation kung bakit maraming binipink stan accs ang ults si jennie at colet

[🍅 @barantosclub]

Holy fucking shit

[Jazz ⧗ All Along @DerpSwan]

The 'confirmation' being they held hands again, as if ppl haven't seen them making out and holding hands before sksksk as if Caterina wasn't joking about fighting ppl off ER in their insta comments, as if they've not been each others date to every event for years etc etc

[sarah🍓 @MILEY0NCE]

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[Ship | THW 2 logo 🎯 @ship_republic]

@enews If you guys didn’t clock it here idk what to tell you

[E! News @enews]

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